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Forget femto, think “small cell’

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Posted on December 3, 2010 by admin

By Peter Jarich, Current Analysis. A few weeks back, I was chatting with a vendor in the metro-scale Wi-Fi space about the confusing state of “small cell” marketing and naming. It was easy, we agreed, back when femtocells were devices designed for indoor coverage of about four people.  Yet, as user capacities grew, coverage was bumped up and hardening was …

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Mobile offloading puts femto cells in the spotlight

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Posted on August 24, 2010 by admin

By Stewart Baines A new report from ABI Research predicts that mobile data offload will increased by 100 fold in the next few years. From a user point of view, this is good news. If you have ever had that sinking feeling as a mobile call is dropped, or as your data session grinds to a halt, then the chances are …

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